太難了，我弄不懂。
It's over my head. *直譯是“它超過(guò)了我的頭腦”。用于所聽到的信息或事情，難于理解、弄不懂時(shí)。
...so, that's the way to use computers. (總之，電腦是這樣使用的。)
It's over my head. (太難了，我弄不懂。)
It's beyond me.
我也搞不清楚。
Your guess is as good as mine. *guess “推測(cè)，猜想”。這是句常用表達(dá)方式，意為“你要不知道，那我更不知道了”。
How many people live in this town? (這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)上住了多少人?)
Your guess is as good as mine. (我也不清楚。)
越想越糊涂。
The more I think about it, the less I understand it. *如例句所示，在more(更好的，更多的)、less(比較少的，更少的)等比較級(jí)前面加the，構(gòu)成the+比較級(jí)……，the+比較級(jí)……。
我不知道他要干什么。
I don't know what he is driving at. *drive at... “打算做……”。
I don't know what he intends.
I don't know what he is getting at.
I don't know what he is trying to do.
It's not clear. (我不清楚。)
That's unclear.
That's clear. (那很清楚了。)
她到底想干什么?
What's she after?
What's she after? (她到底想干什么?)
I'm not sure. (我不清楚。)
What's her game?
我一點(diǎn)兒都不知道。
I have no idea.
Do you know where my pen is? (你知道我的筆在哪兒?jiǎn)?)
I have no idea. (我一點(diǎn)兒都不知道。)
I have no clue.
No idea.
It's all Greek to me.
我怎么不知道。
I didn't know that.
John got married last week. (約翰上星期結(jié)婚了。)
I didn't know that. (我怎么不知道。)
That's news to me. *習(xí)慣用法。
I wasn't aware of that.
不知道。/不太清楚。
I don't know.
Do you know where she's from? (你知道她是從哪兒來(lái)的嗎?)
I don't know. (不知道。/不太清楚。)
I have no idea.
我不太清楚。
I don't know for sure. *for sure 有“確切地”、“毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)地”的含意。
Do you know the way to my house? (你認(rèn)識(shí)去我家的路嗎?)
I don't know for sure. (我不太清楚。)
I don't know for certain.
I'm not absolutely sure.
誰(shuí)也不知道確切的情況。
No one knows for sure. *這種說(shuō)法與“who knows?”幾乎相同，但因?yàn)橛辛薴or sure，所以句子含有知道得不確切，但也有各種各樣的說(shuō)法的語(yǔ)感。
我怎么會(huì)知道?
How should I know? *用于被問(wèn)到“自己不可能知道”、“根本不知道”的問(wèn)題時(shí)。根據(jù)說(shuō)話的語(yǔ)氣，有時(shí)會(huì)給人以不理睬對(duì)方、冷淡對(duì)方的語(yǔ)感。
Is he married? (他結(jié)婚了嗎?)
How should I know? (我怎么會(huì)知道?)
誰(shuí)能知道?
Who knows? *該句有時(shí)讓人聽起來(lái)有些富有哲理。
What is the meaning of life? (什么是人生?)
Who knows? (誰(shuí)能知道?)
Nobody knows.
No way of knowing.
There's no way of knowing.
It's impossible to find out.
●反問(wèn)
有事嗎?
Yes?
Excuse me... (對(duì)不起……)
Yes? (有事嗎?)
為何?
What for?
I bought this beautiful pen. (我買了一支漂亮的鋼筆。)
What for? (那又為何?)
您說(shuō)什么?
Pardon me? *因?yàn)槁曇粜《鴽](méi)有聽清楚或一時(shí)沒(méi)能理解對(duì)方所表達(dá)的意思時(shí)，與其裝作聽見或聽懂了，不如問(wèn)一句Pardon me?這樣就可以不失禮貌地將對(duì)話進(jìn)行下去。
Is there a post office near here? (這附近有郵局嗎?)
Pardon me? (您說(shuō)什么?)
Pardon?
I beg your pardon?
現(xiàn)在怎么樣?
How about now?
對(duì)不起，你說(shuō)什么?
Excuse me?
What did you say?
什么?
What? *用于沒(méi)聽清對(duì)方說(shuō)什么、沒(méi)理解對(duì)方的意思時(shí)。但這樣的問(wèn)法讓人聽起來(lái)有些粗魯和生硬。
Huh? *比what?更隨便的說(shuō)法。
你說(shuō)什么來(lái)著?
Did you say anything? *用于沒(méi)聽見對(duì)方說(shuō)什么、或別人說(shuō)話時(shí)，自己走神或不知對(duì)方是否說(shuō)了什么的場(chǎng)合。
對(duì)不起，你說(shuō)什么來(lái)著?
I'm sorry, what did you say? *確實(shí)聽到對(duì)方說(shuō)了什么，希望對(duì)方能夠重復(fù)一遍。
那又怎么樣呢?
So what? *含有不感興趣和輕蔑的語(yǔ)氣?？谡Z(yǔ)中常用。
What of it?
什么意思?
What does it mean? *沒(méi)弄明白對(duì)方所說(shuō)事情時(shí)，可以這樣積極主動(dòng)地問(wèn)。
What do you mean?
Please explain what you mean. (請(qǐng)您解釋一下您的意思。)
What are you trying to say? (您想說(shuō)什么?)
What do you mean by that? (您這是什么意思?)
你是說(shuō)……嗎?
Are you saying that...? *確認(rèn)對(duì)方講話內(nèi)容時(shí)。
Are you saying that it's a bad idea? (你是說(shuō)這個(gè)主意不好?)
That's right. (是的。)
Do you mean...?
Are you trying to say that...?
后來(lái)怎么樣了?
Then what?
And then?
What happened then?
他到底想干嗎?
What's he driving at? *用于不明白對(duì)方的意圖時(shí)。
您能再說(shuō)一遍嗎?
Would you repeat that, please? *用于沒(méi)有聽清或沒(méi)有聽懂時(shí)。
Could you repeat that, please?
Could you say that again, please?
Say it again. (再說(shuō)一遍。)
Please say it again. (請(qǐng)?jiān)僬f(shuō)一遍。)
Please repeat that. (請(qǐng)?jiān)僦貜?fù)一遍。)
您說(shuō)得太快了。
You're speaking too quickly.
You're talking too fast.
請(qǐng)您再說(shuō)慢一點(diǎn)兒。
Please say it more slowly.
Please speak more slowly.
More slowly, please.
Please speak slower.
Please don't speak so quickly. (請(qǐng)您不要說(shuō)得太快。)
Would you slow down, please? (您能說(shuō)慢一點(diǎn)兒?jiǎn)?)
我跟不上您說(shuō)的。
I can't keep up.
請(qǐng)?jiān)俅笠稽c(diǎn)兒聲說(shuō)。
Please speak a little louder.
Could you speak up? (您能再大一點(diǎn)兒聲兒?jiǎn)?)
A little louder, please? (請(qǐng)大點(diǎn)兒聲。)
Speak up, please? (請(qǐng)大聲說(shuō)。)
Please speak up.
Please speak louder.
我聽不見。
I can't hear you. *這種情況下只能用hear而不能用listen。
I can't hear a word you're saying. (我根本聽不見你說(shuō)什么。)
I can't hear you at all. (根本聽不見。)
I can't hear you well. (我聽不太清楚。)
我沒(méi)聽見你說(shuō)什么。
I couldn't catch what you said. *“聽見，明白(話語(yǔ)等)”。
I didn't catch that.
你在說(shuō)什么呢?
What are you talking about? *用于聽不懂對(duì)方所說(shuō)的內(nèi)容，或沒(méi)注意聽對(duì)方說(shuō)什么的場(chǎng)合。
What did you say? (你說(shuō)什么呢?)
●感想
就像我一樣。
Just like me!
John is very smart. (約翰真聰明。)
Yeah, just like me! (嗯，就像我一樣。)*夫妻談?wù)撟约旱膬鹤蛹s翰。
好吃嗎?
Was it good?
We had melon for lunch at school. (在學(xué)校吃午飯時(shí)，我們吃了哈蜜瓜。)
Was it good? (好吃嗎?)
玩得高興嗎?
Did you have fun?
After school, we played soccer. (放學(xué)后，我們?nèi)ヌ咦闱蛄恕?
Did you have fun? (玩得高興嗎?)
這套衣服怎么樣?
How do you like this suit?
How do you like this suit? (這套衣服怎么樣?)
It looks great on you. (很配你呀!)
How do you like this suit? (你看這件襯衫怎么樣?)
I think it's nice. (我覺(jué)得挺好。)
你覺(jué)得怎么樣?
How did you like it?
How did you like it? (你覺(jué)得怎么樣?)
I liked it very much. (我非常喜歡。)
What did you think of it?
你喜歡嗎?
Did you like it?
Did you enjoy it?
你覺(jué)得那個(gè)怎么樣?
What do you think of it? *詢問(wèn)別人有何感想時(shí)。
What do you think of our new boss? (你覺(jué)得我們新老板怎么樣?)
I think she's very friendly. (我覺(jué)得她非常友善。)
What do you think about it?
●詢問(wèn)、敘述情況
結(jié)果怎么樣?
How'd things turn out? *turn out... “結(jié)果是……”。
How'd things turn out? (結(jié)果怎么樣?)
They turned out to be miserable. (結(jié)果很慘。)
How was it?
How did it go?
How did it turn out?
How did it end up?
長(zhǎng)話短說(shuō)……
To make a long story short,...
It's over my head. *直譯是“它超過(guò)了我的頭腦”。用于所聽到的信息或事情，難于理解、弄不懂時(shí)。
...so, that's the way to use computers. (總之，電腦是這樣使用的。)
It's over my head. (太難了，我弄不懂。)
It's beyond me.
我也搞不清楚。
Your guess is as good as mine. *guess “推測(cè)，猜想”。這是句常用表達(dá)方式，意為“你要不知道，那我更不知道了”。
How many people live in this town? (這個(gè)鎮(zhèn)上住了多少人?)
Your guess is as good as mine. (我也不清楚。)
越想越糊涂。
The more I think about it, the less I understand it. *如例句所示，在more(更好的，更多的)、less(比較少的，更少的)等比較級(jí)前面加the，構(gòu)成the+比較級(jí)……，the+比較級(jí)……。
我不知道他要干什么。
I don't know what he is driving at. *drive at... “打算做……”。
I don't know what he intends.
I don't know what he is getting at.
I don't know what he is trying to do.
It's not clear. (我不清楚。)
That's unclear.
That's clear. (那很清楚了。)
她到底想干什么?
What's she after?
What's she after? (她到底想干什么?)
I'm not sure. (我不清楚。)
What's her game?
我一點(diǎn)兒都不知道。
I have no idea.
Do you know where my pen is? (你知道我的筆在哪兒?jiǎn)?)
I have no idea. (我一點(diǎn)兒都不知道。)
I have no clue.
No idea.
It's all Greek to me.
我怎么不知道。
I didn't know that.
John got married last week. (約翰上星期結(jié)婚了。)
I didn't know that. (我怎么不知道。)
That's news to me. *習(xí)慣用法。
I wasn't aware of that.
不知道。/不太清楚。
I don't know.
Do you know where she's from? (你知道她是從哪兒來(lái)的嗎?)
I don't know. (不知道。/不太清楚。)
I have no idea.
我不太清楚。
I don't know for sure. *for sure 有“確切地”、“毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)地”的含意。
Do you know the way to my house? (你認(rèn)識(shí)去我家的路嗎?)
I don't know for sure. (我不太清楚。)
I don't know for certain.
I'm not absolutely sure.
誰(shuí)也不知道確切的情況。
No one knows for sure. *這種說(shuō)法與“who knows?”幾乎相同，但因?yàn)橛辛薴or sure，所以句子含有知道得不確切，但也有各種各樣的說(shuō)法的語(yǔ)感。
我怎么會(huì)知道?
How should I know? *用于被問(wèn)到“自己不可能知道”、“根本不知道”的問(wèn)題時(shí)。根據(jù)說(shuō)話的語(yǔ)氣，有時(shí)會(huì)給人以不理睬對(duì)方、冷淡對(duì)方的語(yǔ)感。
Is he married? (他結(jié)婚了嗎?)
How should I know? (我怎么會(huì)知道?)
誰(shuí)能知道?
Who knows? *該句有時(shí)讓人聽起來(lái)有些富有哲理。
What is the meaning of life? (什么是人生?)
Who knows? (誰(shuí)能知道?)
Nobody knows.
No way of knowing.
There's no way of knowing.
It's impossible to find out.
●反問(wèn)
有事嗎?
Yes?
Excuse me... (對(duì)不起……)
Yes? (有事嗎?)
為何?
What for?
I bought this beautiful pen. (我買了一支漂亮的鋼筆。)
What for? (那又為何?)
您說(shuō)什么?
Pardon me? *因?yàn)槁曇粜《鴽](méi)有聽清楚或一時(shí)沒(méi)能理解對(duì)方所表達(dá)的意思時(shí)，與其裝作聽見或聽懂了，不如問(wèn)一句Pardon me?這樣就可以不失禮貌地將對(duì)話進(jìn)行下去。
Is there a post office near here? (這附近有郵局嗎?)
Pardon me? (您說(shuō)什么?)
Pardon?
I beg your pardon?
現(xiàn)在怎么樣?
How about now?
對(duì)不起，你說(shuō)什么?
Excuse me?
What did you say?
什么?
What? *用于沒(méi)聽清對(duì)方說(shuō)什么、沒(méi)理解對(duì)方的意思時(shí)。但這樣的問(wèn)法讓人聽起來(lái)有些粗魯和生硬。
Huh? *比what?更隨便的說(shuō)法。
你說(shuō)什么來(lái)著?
Did you say anything? *用于沒(méi)聽見對(duì)方說(shuō)什么、或別人說(shuō)話時(shí)，自己走神或不知對(duì)方是否說(shuō)了什么的場(chǎng)合。
對(duì)不起，你說(shuō)什么來(lái)著?
I'm sorry, what did you say? *確實(shí)聽到對(duì)方說(shuō)了什么，希望對(duì)方能夠重復(fù)一遍。
那又怎么樣呢?
So what? *含有不感興趣和輕蔑的語(yǔ)氣?？谡Z(yǔ)中常用。
What of it?
什么意思?
What does it mean? *沒(méi)弄明白對(duì)方所說(shuō)事情時(shí)，可以這樣積極主動(dòng)地問(wèn)。
What do you mean?
Please explain what you mean. (請(qǐng)您解釋一下您的意思。)
What are you trying to say? (您想說(shuō)什么?)
What do you mean by that? (您這是什么意思?)
你是說(shuō)……嗎?
Are you saying that...? *確認(rèn)對(duì)方講話內(nèi)容時(shí)。
Are you saying that it's a bad idea? (你是說(shuō)這個(gè)主意不好?)
That's right. (是的。)
Do you mean...?
Are you trying to say that...?
后來(lái)怎么樣了?
Then what?
And then?
What happened then?
他到底想干嗎?
What's he driving at? *用于不明白對(duì)方的意圖時(shí)。
您能再說(shuō)一遍嗎?
Would you repeat that, please? *用于沒(méi)有聽清或沒(méi)有聽懂時(shí)。
Could you repeat that, please?
Could you say that again, please?
Say it again. (再說(shuō)一遍。)
Please say it again. (請(qǐng)?jiān)僬f(shuō)一遍。)
Please repeat that. (請(qǐng)?jiān)僦貜?fù)一遍。)
您說(shuō)得太快了。
You're speaking too quickly.
You're talking too fast.
請(qǐng)您再說(shuō)慢一點(diǎn)兒。
Please say it more slowly.
Please speak more slowly.
More slowly, please.
Please speak slower.
Please don't speak so quickly. (請(qǐng)您不要說(shuō)得太快。)
Would you slow down, please? (您能說(shuō)慢一點(diǎn)兒?jiǎn)?)
我跟不上您說(shuō)的。
I can't keep up.
請(qǐng)?jiān)俅笠稽c(diǎn)兒聲說(shuō)。
Please speak a little louder.
Could you speak up? (您能再大一點(diǎn)兒聲兒?jiǎn)?)
A little louder, please? (請(qǐng)大點(diǎn)兒聲。)
Speak up, please? (請(qǐng)大聲說(shuō)。)
Please speak up.
Please speak louder.
我聽不見。
I can't hear you. *這種情況下只能用hear而不能用listen。
I can't hear a word you're saying. (我根本聽不見你說(shuō)什么。)
I can't hear you at all. (根本聽不見。)
I can't hear you well. (我聽不太清楚。)
我沒(méi)聽見你說(shuō)什么。
I couldn't catch what you said. *“聽見，明白(話語(yǔ)等)”。
I didn't catch that.
你在說(shuō)什么呢?
What are you talking about? *用于聽不懂對(duì)方所說(shuō)的內(nèi)容，或沒(méi)注意聽對(duì)方說(shuō)什么的場(chǎng)合。
What did you say? (你說(shuō)什么呢?)
●感想
就像我一樣。
Just like me!
John is very smart. (約翰真聰明。)
Yeah, just like me! (嗯，就像我一樣。)*夫妻談?wù)撟约旱膬鹤蛹s翰。
好吃嗎?
Was it good?
We had melon for lunch at school. (在學(xué)校吃午飯時(shí)，我們吃了哈蜜瓜。)
Was it good? (好吃嗎?)
玩得高興嗎?
Did you have fun?
After school, we played soccer. (放學(xué)后，我們?nèi)ヌ咦闱蛄恕?
Did you have fun? (玩得高興嗎?)
這套衣服怎么樣?
How do you like this suit?
How do you like this suit? (這套衣服怎么樣?)
It looks great on you. (很配你呀!)
How do you like this suit? (你看這件襯衫怎么樣?)
I think it's nice. (我覺(jué)得挺好。)
你覺(jué)得怎么樣?
How did you like it?
How did you like it? (你覺(jué)得怎么樣?)
I liked it very much. (我非常喜歡。)
What did you think of it?
你喜歡嗎?
Did you like it?
Did you enjoy it?
你覺(jué)得那個(gè)怎么樣?
What do you think of it? *詢問(wèn)別人有何感想時(shí)。
What do you think of our new boss? (你覺(jué)得我們新老板怎么樣?)
I think she's very friendly. (我覺(jué)得她非常友善。)
What do you think about it?
●詢問(wèn)、敘述情況
結(jié)果怎么樣?
How'd things turn out? *turn out... “結(jié)果是……”。
How'd things turn out? (結(jié)果怎么樣?)
They turned out to be miserable. (結(jié)果很慘。)
How was it?
How did it go?
How did it turn out?
How did it end up?
長(zhǎng)話短說(shuō)……
To make a long story short,...